Ngokusho kwedatha evela kuMnyango Wezimayini Zikazwelonke waseColombia, ngo-2020, ukukhiqizwa kwamalahle eColombia kwehle ngo-40% unyaka nonyaka, kusuka kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-82.4 ngo-2019 kuya kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-49.5, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yobhubhane olusha lwe-crown pneumonia kanye nesiteleka sezinyanga ezintathu.
IColombia iyinkampani yesihlanu ngobukhulu emhlabeni ethumela amalahle kwamanye amazwe. Ngo-2020, ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezinyanga ezinhlanu kwalolu bhubhane kanye nesiteleka eside kunazo zonke emlandweni wenkampani yinyunyana yabasebenzi yenkampani yaseColombia iSerejón, izimayini eziningi zamalahle eColombia zimisiwe.
I-Cerejón ingenye yabakhiqizi bamalahle abakhulu eColombia, kanti i-BHP Billiton (BHP), i-Anglo American (Anglo American) kanye ne-Glencore ngayinye inengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zamasheya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Drummond iphinde ibe ngumvukuzi omkhulu eColombia.
I-Columbia Prodeco iyinkampani engaphansi kweGlencore ephethwe ngokuphelele. Ngenxa yokwehla kwamanani amalahle omhlaba wonke ngenxa yobhubhane olusha lwe-crown pneumonia, izindleko zokusebenza zenkampani zikhuphukile. Kusukela ngoMashi ngonyaka odlule, izimayini zamalahle ze-Protico i-Calenturitas kanye ne-La Jagua bezilokhu zilungiswa. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuphila kahle kwezomnotho, i-Glencore yanquma ukuyeka inkontileka yokumba imayini yamalahle ngenyanga edlule.
Kodwa-ke, idatha ikhombisa ukuthi ngo-2020, imali engenayo yentela yamalungelo okumba amalahle eColombia izoqhubeka nokuba phambili phakathi kwazo zonke izimbiwa, ku-1.2 trillion pesos, noma cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-328.